April 12, 2007: Bathing girl revue 1922
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What an awesome idea: Shorpy is a blog that features photos that are about 100 years old. This particular entry is not quite 100, but it's fun nonetheless: swimsuit models of 1922. Amongst other things, notice how only about 1 in 10 is smiling, and notice how footwear, headgear, and umbrellas are part of the mandatory costume. But are they sexy? Not a chance, this is a whole 'nother culture. |
Some of them are pretty sexy. Namely in the back row (from right): 2, 4, -8 and front row (from left): 7, 16, 17, 28.
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true. 28 in the front row is not bad at all. She's actually smiling.
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"Welcome and thanks for playing "Spot Your Grandma When She Was A Slut".
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Dammit Sheldon, how did you know that was Grandma Dallas??? (4th from the left, front row)
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cool picture. I'm wondering a bit about the "costumy" aspect of it--do you see the one with the dog? and the one with the dalmation print? and some of those . . . I can't even identify WHAT they were thinking of!
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I get the feeling that these aren't examples of typical swimsuits from that era, but rather the fancy suits. I think typical suits were much more plain.
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yet another example of the wanton strumpetism of the ladies of the 1920s. Why, you can even see their kneecaps! Scandalous. I would challenge he who framed this shot to a bout of fisticuffsmanship, but I imagine he is already dead. :)
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I didn't know they had a "panorama" setting on the cameras of that era. |
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She's also smiling, not wearing headgear, and has her head tilted a little... downright modern of her! She knew what sexy was before anybody else! The whole thing makes me think: there was a time when smiling for a photograph was not the convention. Just like putting your hand out with a fake gang sign. There was a time when that was not the convention. |
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And while you straight men are sitting there admiring the attributes of these ladies, remember this was taken before ladies felt they had to shave. Beneath those bathing suits, it's a jungle down there. lol!!! |
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On the other hand, there are apparently still places today where not-smiling is the custom. When we were looking at houses for sale recently, we went through one home that had family photos (the posed kind you take in a studio) covering every single wall, dozens and dozens of them, and not a single smile among any of them. It was really creepy. |
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